Leonhard Colonna von Fels
Leonhard Colonna von Fels ( Czech Linhart Colona z Felsu) (* 1565 ; † April 13, 1620 in Sitzendorf , Lower Austria ) was a Bohemian nobleman and military leader. Together with Heinrich Matthias von Thurn, he was one of the leaders of the class uprising from 1618 to 1620.
Life
After Bohemia , the Colonna family of rock came around 1572. Leonhard Colonna of rock was the eldest son of Jacob Caspar Colonna of Fels (1525-1610) and his wife Anna Caroline, born Countess Schlik (1535-1590).
Colonna von Fels was a Lutheran , but belonged to the radicals among the Protestant estates (the so-called sub utraque estates), and was above all a soldier. Already in 1609 he took command of the estate troops. In 1617 he opposed the acceptance of the Habsburg Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia in vain . In 1618 he took part in the lintel in Prague (23 May) and took over the office of the Bohemian field marshal, subordinate to the two lieutenants general Thurn and Hohenlohe . On April 13, 1620, the 55-year-old field marshal was fatally injured in a cavalry battle near Sitzendorf, where the Comte de Bucquoy had set an ambush. So he did not live to see the decisive defeat of the Bohemian Confederate Army on the White Mountain (November 8, 1620). Because of his prominent role in the Bohemian rebellion, his property was confiscated in the course of the imperial criminal court in 1621.
bibliography
- A. Nowak: The Imperial Count Colonna, Baron von Fels, on Groß-Strehlitz, Tost and Tworog in Upper Silesia. Wilpert, Groß-Strehlitz 1902 digitized
- Hans Sturmberger: Uprising in Bohemia. The beginning of the Thirty Years War. Munich 1959.
- Pavel Skála ze Zhoře: History česká. (editor J. Janáček), Prague 1984
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colonna von Fels, Leonhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Collona z Felsu, Linhart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian nobleman and military leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1565 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1620 |
| Place of death | Sitzendorf , Lower Austria |